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PAN AFRICAN FILM
& ARTS FESTIVAL
FEBRUARY 4-17, 2025
PAFF CELEBRITY AMBASSADORS
join us!
Come celebrate Black creativity, culture, and storytelling from around the globe with PAFF's 2025 Celebrity Ambassadors.
CENTERPIECE
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
To My Rescue, It was the S1Ws (A Public Enemy Story)
The untold story and history of "S1WS” (Security of the First World), which served as a movement and force within Public Enemy, one of hip hop music's greatest and most influential forces. The story focuses on the collective and individual journeys of the S1WS from the streets of New York, overcoming life obstacles within society, and finding their purpose. But even more so, it is a comprehensive chronicle of the development of hip hop music as an important musical genre of rebellion and protest that captured the imagination of a generation; defining the players, conditions and events that made hip hop an international phenomenon that caught the attention of the world. Commentary by Chuck D, Flavor Flav, the S1WS, members of Public Enemy (James Norman, Mike Williams, Roderick Chillous, John Oliver Jr. and James Allen), Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Ice Cube, Doug E. Fresh and Ice T.
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THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS
Book Signing: Shirley Neal, AfroCentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture @ Malik Books at the Westfield Culver City
View more Get TicketsPAFF INSTITUTE: Young Hollywood: How Social Media Inspires Gen Z to Dream Beyond
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Young Hollywood: How Social Media Inspires Gen Z to Dream Beyond
“Young Hollywood: How Social Media Inspires Gen Z to Dream Beyond” is a deep dive into how platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube have reshaped what it means to “make it” in entertainment.
PAFF 2025: A Celebration of Women’s Voices in Cinema
The 2025 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is turning up the volume on women’s stories—both in front of and behind the camera.
PAFF’s SpokenWord Fest: Where Rhymes, Resistance & Rhythm Collide
Don't miss this year's PAFF Spokenword Fest, produced by Diverse Verses LA, the part of PAFF where words hit like drumbeats, syllables spit fire, and voices rise in poetic rebellion.
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